Greek adjective · G4586
σεμνός
semnossem-nos'
reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.; grave, serious; of persons
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: semnós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4586
venerable, i.e. honorable
The King James renders it: grave, honest.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
semnos is rendered "reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.; grave, serious; of persons". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
Philippians 4:8σεμνά
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings., and grave, serious; of persons.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WherePhilippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure… |
| grave, serious; of persons1Ti.3:8 3:11, Tit.2:2; of things | Tagged as
| WherePhilippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σεμνότης | semnotes | dignity | Uses3 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σεμνούς2
- σεμνά1
- σεμνάς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural2A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
Philippians
one use
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- σεμνάsemnaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: venerable
1 Timothy
two uses
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- σεμνούςsemnousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dignified
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- σεμνάςsemnasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: dignified
Titus
one use
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- σεμνούςsemnousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: dignified
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.